MBA Specializations Offered and Classes
Students in the FT/PT MBA program can choose from 11 optional MBA specializations listed below. Specializations are completed by taking a group of designated electives as part of the general MBA elective requirement.
Students can specialize in more than one area or select a mix of courses based on personal or professional goals. For more information about individual specializations, view the elective courses within the MBA specializations below.
Visit the Online Course Catalog to view a list of course offerings and descriptions. *Course scheduling is subject to change.
Accounting
Students in the accounting specialization must complete three courses from the list below:
Courses required to sit for the CPA exam
MBA AF 611 Intermediate Accounting
MBA AF 612 Cost Accounting
MBA AF 613 Federal Tax Planning
MBA AF 614 Financial and Managerial Auditing
MBA AF 618 Accounting Information Systems
Additional course options to complete accounting specialization
MBA AF 615 International Accounting
MBA AF 616 Financial Statement Analysis
MBA AF 637 Financial Reporting Fraud Examination
MBA AF 640 Accounting Data Analytics
Students may participate in an internship in the accounting industry and apply the one course toward their accounting specialization
MBAMGT 698 Practicum
*Courses required to sit for the CPA exam do not apply as 1 of 4 courses required to complete the accounting specialization
Business Analytics
Students may complete a specialization in Business Analytics by completing the following three courses.
Required Courses:
MSIS 618 Database Management
Elective Course:
MSIS 670 Business Intelligence
MSIS 671 Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence
MSIS 672 Enterprise Data Mining for Predictive Analytics
MSIS 656 Information Storage and Management
MSIS 685 Architect, Build and Manage Big Data Applications
MSIS 642 Multivariate Statistics and Regression Analysis
Digital Marketing
Students in the digital marketing specialization must complete three courses from the list below:
Required Course:
MBAMKT 682 Digital Marketing
Elective Courses:
MBAMKT 671 Marketing Research
MBAMKT 676 Marketing Analytics
MBAMKT 677 Database & Digital Marketing
MBAMKT 691 Social Media Marketing
Students may participate in an internship in the digital marketing industry and apply the one course toward their Digital Marketing specialization
MBA MGT 698 Practicum
Environmental Management and Sustainability
Students in the environmental management specialization must complete three courses from the list below:
Required Courses:
MBAMGT 671L Introduction to Environmental Management
MBAMGT 688L Business and Climate Change
Elective Courses:
MBA AF 631 Environmental Accounting and Finance
MBAMGT 698 Practicum (relevant internship or environment management-related project if employed full-time)
MBAMGT 696 Independent Study (complete a research project with an available faculty member)
The School for Environment offers courses that can be used toward environmental management specialization requirements. Courses that can be taken as an elective include but are not limited to:
ENVSCI 670L Environmental and Energy Economics
MBAMGT 674/ENVSCI 674L Climate and Energy: Law, Policy, and Management
ENVSCI 675L Economics of Renewables: Energy Resource
ENVSCI 718L Environmental Law & Policy: Federal Agencies, Courts, and Congress
Finance
Students in the finance specialization must complete three courses from the list below:
Finance courses
MBA AF 622 Global Portfolio Investment Management
MBA AF 623 Financial Modeling
MBA AF 625 Derivative Securities
MBA AF 628 Portfolio Analysis and Investment Management
MBA AF 632 Asset Management Practicum MBA AF 634 Risk Management
MBA AF 636 Quantitative Analysis of Business Data
Students may participate in an Internship in the finance industry and apply the one course toward their Finance specialization
MBAMGT 698 Practicum
Information Systems
Students in the information systems specialization must complete three courses
Required Course:
MSIS 619 Systems Analysis and Design
Elective Courses:
MSIS 614 Business Data Communications and Computer Networks
MSIS 615 Object-Oriented Information Systems
MSIS 617 Management of the Supply Chain
MSIS 618 Database Management
MSIS 630 Project and Change Management
Students may participate in an internship in the information systems industry and apply the one course toward their Information Systems specialization
MBA MGT 698 Practicum
International Management
Students in the international management specialization must complete three courses from the list below and must choose courses from at least 3 of the 4 areas listed.
Accounting/Finance Courses
MBA AF 615 International Accounting
MBA AF 622 Global Portfolio Investment Management
Management Courses
MBAMGT 665 International and Comparative Management
MBAMGT 688L Business and Climate Change
Marketing Courses
MBAMKT 674 International Marketing
MBAMKT 680 Entrepreneurship in the US & China (study abroad trip)
Operations Management Course
MSIS 617 Management of the Supply Chain
Students may participate in an internship in the international management industry and apply the one course toward their International Management specialization
MBAMGT 698 Practicum
Leadership & Organizational Change
Students in the leadership & organizational change (LOC) specialization must complete a total of three courses:
Required Courses:
MBAMGT 683 Leadership & Management in the 21st Century
MBAMGT 665 Cross-Cultural and Comparative Management
Electives (Choose One):
MBAMGT 664 The Legal Environment of Business
MBAACM 683 Business Communication for Managers
MBAACM 684 Written Communication for Managers
Students may participate in an internship in the leadership & organizational change field and apply the one course toward their Leadership & Organizational Change specialization
MBAMGT 698 Practicum
Marketing
Students in the marketing specialization must complete three courses from the list below:
Required Course:
MBAMKT 671 Marketing Research
Elective Courses:
MBAMKT 668 Entrepreneurship Sales & Marketing
MBAMKT 673 Marketing Communications
MBAMKT 674 International Marketing
Students may participate in an internship in the marketing industry and apply the one course toward their Marketing specialization
MBAMGT 698 Practicum
Students may also complete one additional course to earn the Contemporary Marketing Graduate Certificate
Nonprofit Management
Students in the nonprofit management specialization must complete three courses as follows:
Required Course:
MBAMGT 687 Nonprofit Management
Electives Courses:
MBAACM 684 Written Communication for Managers
PPOLG 751 Public Policy Challenges: Urban Nonprofit Organizations
Students may participate in an internship in the nonprofit management industry and apply the one course toward their Nonprofit Management specialization
MBA MGT 698 Practicum
Supply Chain and Service Management
Students in the supply chain and service management specialization must complete three courses from the list below:
MBAMS 652 Lean & Six Sigma
MSIS 617 Management of the Supply Chain
MSIS 630 Project and Change Management
MSIS 631 Operational Risk Management
MBAMS 638 Management Decision Models
MSIS 643 Decision and Risk Analysis
Students may participate in an internship in the supply chain and service management industry and apply the one course toward their Supply Chain & Service Management specialization
MBAMGT 698 Practicum